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Beginning C++ - Introduction
Written By Xinapse
For iExploit.org
[b]Difficulty:Easy
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----------[Introduction
C++ is an object oriented, low level programming language, it is compatible with its predecessor C, C++ can generate very fast, efficient programs, often being used to write games, graphics software, hardware drivers, and other applications where the speed and performance are essential. C++ is a portable language and can be used all major operating systems. Some OS's have specific extensions such as Visual C++ and Visual C++.net from Microsoft.

----------[Choosing your IDE
Before we start any coding we are going to need an ide, to build the programs and make them work. Depending on your Operating system the choice of compiler will be different.

----------[GCC / G++]
If you are using Linux, you can use

This comes with many distros so you do not have to install.
I will list some of the frequently used operations used,
To Compile myprog.C so that myprog contains symbolic information that enables it to be debugged with the gdb debugger type:

To Have the compiler generate many warnings about syntactically correct but questionable looking code. It is good practice to always use this option with gcc and g++ type:

To Generate symbolic information for gdb and many warning messages type:

To Generate optimized code on a Solaris machine with warnings type:

To Generate optimized code on a Solaris machine using Sun's own CC compiler producing a faster code type:

To Generate optimized code on a Linux machine type:

To Compile myprog.C when it contains Xlib graphics routines type:


This should give you a good understanding of using the command line g++ on unix systems to compile your programs.

-----------[Windows
If you are using windows i suggest getting Codeblocks at

It runs a nice graphical user interface making it easy for you to compile code.
If you are looking for an alternative download Bloodshed dev c++

Both are very simillar programs and get the job done, to compile there is a simple menu button with options, compile, compile and run etc.

Stay tuned for the next lesson where we will create your first program.
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